Portrait of Jean Antoine Watteau

Jean Antoine Watteau Giclée Fine Art Prints 1 of 3

1684-1721

French Rococo Painter

Jean Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) came to Paris at the age of eighteen and worked in the studio of Claude Gillot, famous for his scenes of Italian comedy. He then assisted Claude Audran III in decorating Parisian homes. He was patronized by the financier-collector Pierre Croza and had the opportunity to study his collection of Flemish and Italian drawings. In 1717, he was admitted to the Academy of Painting and Sculpture with the "Pilgrimage to Cythera", as a painter of "gallant feast". Watteau was the creator of this new genre: he painted many elegant, lovely pictures which - amidst verdant scenery - depict characters gathered for dancing, music and gallant encounters (Concert, Lovers' Delight). The painter is carried away by the world of the theatre, that of Gilles, melancholic and tender with his costume in subtle white and pink. Around the actor are clustered his companion characters in the spirit of commedia dell'arte - the Doctor on his donkey, Colombina, Maecenas in a red robe and another, a fourth artist with a hat cut like a cock's comb.

Watteau is in London for a while. In 1720 he took up his abode with his friend Gersin, a dealer in pictures on Notre Dame Bridge. In eight days he created for him the masterpiece - his final curtsy to youth and the fragility of life.

66 Watteau Artworks

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Fete in a Park (Divertissements Champetres), c.1718/20 by Watteau | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$51.48
SKU: 13358-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:127.2 x 191.7 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom

Meeting in the Open Air, c.1719/20 by Watteau | Canvas Print
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$62.55
SKU: 2983-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:60 x 75 cm
Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, Germany

Le faux-pas (The Misste), c.1716/18 by Watteau | Canvas Print
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SKU: 2986-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:40 x 31.5 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

The Gersaint Shop Sign, 1721 by Watteau | Canvas Print
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SKU: 13319-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:163 x 308 cm
Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany

Actors of the Comedie-Francaise, c.1714/15 by Watteau | Canvas Print
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SKU: 2970-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:20 x 25 cm
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

Portrait of Antoine de la Roque, 1718 by Watteau | Canvas Print
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$63.93
SKU: 19019-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:46 x 54.5 cm
Fuji Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

Pilgrimage to Cythera, 1717 by Watteau | Canvas Print
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$51.19
SKU: 8248-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:129 x 194 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Fete Champetre, c.1720 by Watteau | Canvas Print
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$63.68
SKU: 13351-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:54 x 65.7 cm
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, United Kingdom

The Scale of Love, c.1715/18 by Watteau | Canvas Print
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$77.34
SKU: 3218-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:50.8 x 59.7 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Gilles and his Family (Sous un habit de Mezetin), c.1716 by Watteau | Canvas Print
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SKU: 2976-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:27.7 x 21 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom

Mezzetin, c.1718/20 by Watteau | Canvas Print
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$60.81
SKU: 2985-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:55.2 x 43.2 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Pierrot Content, c.1712 by Watteau | Canvas Print
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SKU: 2981-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:35 x 31 cm
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain

L'Indifferent, c.1717 by Watteau | Canvas Print
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SKU: 13336-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:25.5 x 19 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

The French Comedians, c.1720/21 by Watteau | Canvas Print
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$60.87
SKU: 13326-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:57.2 x 73 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

The Serenader (Guitar Player), n.d. by Watteau | Canvas Print
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SKU: 13332-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:24 x 17 cm
Musee Conde, Chantilly, France

Pilgrimage to Cythera, c.1718/19 by Watteau | Canvas Print
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SKU: 8247-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:129 x 194 cm
Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany

L'Accordee du Village, n.d. by Watteau | Canvas Print
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SKU: 13345-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:unknown
Private Collection

The Halt during the Chase, c.1717/12 by Watteau | Canvas Print
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SKU: 13327-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:124.5 x 189 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom

Italian Comedians, c.1720 by Watteau | Canvas Print
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$63.95
SKU: 13337-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:63.8 x 76.2 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA

The Music Party (Les charmes de la vie), c.1717/18 by Watteau | Canvas Print
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$54.98
SKU: 2974-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:67.3 x 92.5 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom

La Boudeuse (The Capricious Girl), c.1718 by Watteau | Canvas Print
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SKU: 2968-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:42 x 34 cm
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

The Concert (The Music Lesson), 1717 by Watteau | Canvas Print
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SKU: 13322-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:66 x 91 cm
Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany

Harlequin, Pierrot and Scapin, Actors from the Commedia dell'Arte, n.d. by Watteau | Canvas Print
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$52.02
SKU: 13341-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:unknown
Public Collection

Nymph and Satyr, c.1715/16 by Watteau | Canvas Print
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$52.60
SKU: 13321-WJA
Jean Antoine Watteau
Original Size:73.5 x 107.5 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

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